Kay of Perhaps We Learn Something has a brand new meme called Sin of the Week. The first sin is Lust. Oh sure she would pick THAT one!
I assume we all know what the sin of lust is. You remember Jimmy Carter said he lusted in his heart which according to him was NOT a sin. Lusting in your heart, that is. The suggestion is that if you don't DO anything, it's not a sin.
If you believe that then you don't know the Catholic Church and its teachings. The Catholic Church teaches that if you think about, you know, boinking someone who isn't your husband or wife, you've committed a sin. Yeah, that's true!
It's called a sin of thought. You don't even get to enjoy yourself and BAM! you're on your way to hell.
The painting below shows what LUST looks like.
I assume we all know what the sin of lust is. You remember Jimmy Carter said he lusted in his heart which according to him was NOT a sin. Lusting in your heart, that is. The suggestion is that if you don't DO anything, it's not a sin.
If you believe that then you don't know the Catholic Church and its teachings. The Catholic Church teaches that if you think about, you know, boinking someone who isn't your husband or wife, you've committed a sin. Yeah, that's true!
It's called a sin of thought. You don't even get to enjoy yourself and BAM! you're on your way to hell.
The painting below shows what LUST looks like.
Allegory of Gluttony and Lust
It is a Hieronymus Bosch painting made sometime between 1490 and 1500. It is currently in the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut. In this painting there's more about Gluttony than Lust.
To tell the truth I can't tell what the heck they're doing in the painting above
To tell the truth I can't tell what the heck they're doing in the painting above
Bosch did another painting called The Garden of Earthly Delights.
If you look carefully (or embiggen to see better) there's LOTS of LUSTY things going on:
(warning: don't embiggen if you don't want to see scary, sexy things)
If you look carefully (or embiggen to see better) there's LOTS of LUSTY things going on:
(warning: don't embiggen if you don't want to see scary, sexy things)
Here's another painting of LUST:
(warning: more scary sexy things only in black and white)
(warning: more scary sexy things only in black and white)
Peter Brueghel the Elder
The Seven Deadly Sins or the Seven Vices - Lechery
Oh and yes, LUST is also called LECHERY. It's also called LUXURIA. I never heard of that word.
Go over to Kay's blog and see what she's done for this meme so appropriate for this time of year and in preparation for the Easter holiday.
